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Running

adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Moving or advancing at a run. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Moving or advancing at a run.; Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Present, current. not-comparable

    "running month"

  4. 4
    Flowing; easy; cursive. not-comparable

    "running handwriting"

  5. 5
    Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step. not-comparable

    "a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory"

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  1. 6
    Having a continuous design or pattern. not-comparable

    "running bond; running ornament"

  2. 7
    Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below). not-comparable

    "He won the title for three running years."

  3. 8
    Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem. not-comparable

    "a running vine"

  4. 9
    Discharging pus. not-comparable

    "a running sore"

  5. 10
    Discharging snot or mucus. not-comparable

    "a running nose"

Adjective
  1. 1
    continually repeated over a period of time wordnet
  2. 2
    (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing wordnet
  3. 3
    executed or initiated by running wordnet
  4. 4
    (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream wordnet
  5. 5
    of advancing the ball by running wordnet
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  1. 6
    measured lengthwise wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Consecutively; in a row. informal, not-comparable

    "Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The action of the verb to run. countable, uncountable

    "His running of the business leaves something to be desired."

  2. 2
    the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace wordnet
  3. 3
    The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. countable, uncountable

    "Running is good exercise."

  4. 4
    the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track wordnet
  5. 5
    That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation. countable, uncountable

    "the first running of a still"

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  1. 6
    (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team wordnet
  2. 7
    The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the act of administering or being in charge of something wordnet
  4. 9
    The act of running errands. colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "I'm gonna go out and do my running."

  5. 10
    the state of being in operation wordnet
  6. 11
    The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value. countable, uncountable
Preposition
  1. 1
    Approaching; about; roughly. colloquial
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of run form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Etymology 4

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Etymology 5

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

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